What is the meaning of habit?

noun

• An established custom.
  • usage: "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"
  • synonyms: wont
• Psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition. (
  • usage: "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
  • synonyms: use
• A distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order.
• The general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal. )
  • usage: "a shrub of spreading habit"
• Attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire.
  • synonyms: riding habit
• Excessive use of drugs.
  • synonyms: substance abuse, drug abuse

verb

• Put a habit on. .